Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1983

Jones v. State

Jones v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided February 9, 1983 · Anstead, Downey, Letts
426 So. 2d 1229; 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 20697 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Jones v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Reversed and remanded with directions that appellant be afforded an evidentiary hearing on his claims under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 that he had ineffective assistance of counsel and that an uncounseled conviction (subsequently set aside) was used to aggravate his sentence. See State v. Vazquez, 419 So.2d 1088 (Fla. 1982) and Reddick v. State, 190 So.2d 340 (Fla. 1966).

DOWNEY and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur. LETTS, C.J., dissents without opinion.

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